MediaTek MT8797 NR RRC Connection Setup Message denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in MediaTek MT2735, MT6297, MT6833, MT6853, MT6855, MT6873, MT6875, MT6875T, MT6877, MT6880, MT6883, MT6885, MT6889, MT6890, MT6891, MT6893, MT8675, MT8791, MT8791T and MT8797. Affected is an unknown function of the component NR RRC Connection Setup Message Handler. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-20004. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in MediaTek MT2735, MT6297, MT6833, MT6853, MT6855, MT6873, MT6875, MT6875T, MT6877, MT6880, MT6883, MT6885, MT6889, MT6890, MT6891, MT6893, MT8675, MT8791, MT8791T and MT8797 (Chip Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component NR RRC Connection Setup Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

In Modem NL1, there is a possible system crash due to an improper input validation. This could lead to remote denial of service, if NW sent invalid NR RRC Connection Setup message, with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: MOLY01191612; Issue ID: MOLY01195812 (MSV-985).

The weakness was disclosed 02/05/2024 as MOLY01191612. The advisory is shared for download at corp.mediatek.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-20004 since 11/02/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

Applying the patch MOLY01191612 is able to eliminate this problem.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Patch: MOLY01191612

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11/02/2023 🔍
02/05/2024 +95 days 🔍
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02/25/2024 +20 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: MOLY01191612
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-20004 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-20004
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-252812

Entryinfo

Created: 02/05/2024 07:59
Updated: 02/25/2024 17:32
Changes: 02/05/2024 07:59 (41), 02/25/2024 17:32 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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